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(thing) by Mr.Sparkle (10.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Sun Jul 16 2000 at 15:33:46

The video game advertising slogan node!

Myself being raised on video games ever seince I've been a wee tyke, and still currently investing a large chunk of any money I come across to purchasing video games, I only find it to be my duty to present to you a multitude of advertising slogans that I have seen splashed across television screens and magazine pages. Without further ado this is all I can manage to dig up

Sega

  1. "Genesis does what nintendon't" --Early Sega Genesis advertisements circa 1989
  2. "It's thinking"-- Current Dreamcast Ads

Nintendo

  1. "Now you're playing with power!" --Unknown, either NES or SNES ad campaignApparently this was only for the NES
  2. "Now you're playing with power...PORTABLE power!" --Early Gameboy Ads
  3. "Now you're playing with superpower!" -- The SNES campaign slogan
  4. "Get into it" --Current Gameboy ads
  5. "Only for N64" --Current Nintendo 64 ads

Atari

  1. "Do the math" - Atari proudly touting the superiority of its ill-fated "64-bit" Jaguar console. Actually, I think if you do the math its really only really pseudo-64-bit. Thanks Saige

Sony

  1. "U R NOT {red} E" -- The E is supposed to appear in the color red. Early Playstion ads circa 1995...96?

Other

  1. "My friends are knocking down my door to get into my commodore 64" -- 80s ad for the ailing commodore 64
  2. "To be this good would take Sega ages" - used by Commodore for the CD32, posted outside Sega's UK HQ on a huge billboard, Commodore's marketing highpoint. Thanks mcai7et2. It's a shame what happened to the CD32 by the way
  3. "It's called Unreal because it is" --TV ad for Epic Mega Games' Unreal

Thats about all I got. Please feel free to add some others if you can find or remember any.


It seems as though I've had some msgs with more slogans, thanks a lot. Is it me, or is video game advertising becoming less slogan based and more visually focused?

(idea) by WWWWolf (1.3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Feb 27 2002 at 15:58:26

"Gaming 24:7"
Game Boy Advance marketing slogan. (Refers to, of course, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, everywhere. Some people thought that was supposed to be the release date, and were surprised when it was released "early".)
"Jos televisiosi osaisi puhua: 'Kiitos - Segoita minut!'"
The Finnish version of "do me a favor, plug me into a Sega" ad. It's a pun on "sekoita minut" ("confuse me"), though I have no idea who would ask anyone to confuse themselves.

Computers:

"Tasavallan tietokone"
"The Computer of the Republic." Finnish ad for Commodore 64. (...though PCs definitely more democratic - and Windows can be 0wn3d by everyone, is that a socialist utopia? =)

(More to be added when I dig forth the old MikroBittis =)


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Winners Don't Use Drugs Memorable lines from computer games A brief history of video game movies blast processing
Unreal Never underestimate the power of soup SNES Mega Apocalypse
Now you're playing with power! cd32 URNOTE Do the math
Advertising Commodore 64 Atari Jaguar Interactive Taxi
Daikatana republic Game Boy Advance Tippecanoe and Tyler too
Nintendo 64 NES Dreamcast Sega Genesis
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